First and foremost “A very very Happy New Year to you and your family”… Also, apologies for missing out on articles for last couple of weeks but I assure that things will be back to normal weekly articles right from this article itself 🙂

It was that time of the year when I plan a trip to Uttarakhand especially Kumaon region for sighting the clear skies and views of mighty higher Himalayas including Trishul – Nanda Devi – Nanda Kot – Panchchuli ranges. However, with this trip I planned to close down the majority of Kumaon region covering the left most belt of Manila – Ranikhet, the right most belt of Pitthoragarh – Lohaghat along with top most belt of Munsiyari – Dharchula. The center belt of Nainital – Mukhteshwar – Almora – Binsar – Chaukori was already covered in previous years. Also, I was eyeing on experiencing the snowfall hence planned the trip right in between holidays or festive season of 25th Dec 2014 to 1st Jan 2015. However, there was no luck on snowfall but we could find plenty of snow all around right from Kausani, Gwaldam to Munsiyari and Chaukori with Dharchula being a little disappointment apart from crossing the border into Nepal.

The Golden Glow – Sunset at Panchchuli Peaks as seen from Munsiyari

Well, the conditions lived up to the expectations, quite cold especially at nights but scenic views of higher Himalayas especially at sunset and sunrise right from the hotels were WORTH the effort we put in… The road conditions in most of the region were quite excellent barring few patches in between and the lonely roads to Dharchula and higher up roads from Munsiyari. We were a set of 3 families and 3 boys, in total of 9 split into two cars and it was one very nice vacation spent with the family in yet another winter 🙂 …

Though I am going to write a detailed Travel Tale and reviews of the guest houses I stayed, but just before that I would like to share what itinerary I followed, route I took and the updates on road conditions for reaching these places in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand.

Views on the way to Manila from Delhi

Itinerary for my Munsiyari – Dharchula – Chaukori Trip in December

Well, I had 8 days in hand for my Munsiyari – Dharchula – Chaukori trip including couple of buffer days and I followed the itinerary as below:

Day 2: Resumed the drive from Manila to go through Jainal – Masi – Chaukotiya – Dwaraghat – Somehshwar – Kausani – Baijnath – Gwaldam. Stayed at Nature’s Treat Resort at Gwaldam. The route details are Manila – Jainal (22 KM) – Masi (40 KM) – Chaukotia (51 KM) – Dwaraghat (69 KM) – Someshwar (102 KM) – Kausani (113 KM) – Gwaldam (152 KM). From Dwaraghat, you need to take a left road from Main bazaar to Dunagiri / Someshwar. There will be a Y-fork after about 5-6 KM from where you need to take the road to Someshwar. Then, you will reach a place called Binta from there you need to take another left to Someshwar. After reaching Someshwar, take left towards Kausani. We started at 10.00 AM and ended at 5 PM.

Day 3: Completed the final leg of the drive to Munsiyari from Gwaldam – Baijnath – Bageshwar – Chaukori – Thal – Birthi – Kalimuni Top (2700 Mtrs) – Munsiyari = 185 KM. Stayed at KMVN Rest House Munsiyari. Gwaldam to Bagshwar is 42 KMs and Chaukori is 91 KMs. From Chaukori, Munsiyari is further 94 KMs. The route from Kapkot that bifurcates from Bageshwar is shorter and meets near a police checkpost between Tejam & Qwity / Birthi ahead of Thal. However, locals forced us not to take that route and follow the longer route from Chaukori due to very bad roads. We started at 10.25 AM and ended at 7 PM.

Day 4: Rest Day at Munsiyari. Went on to play in snow towards Kalimuni Top and explored the Snow Trek to Thamri Kund. The trek took us about 3.5 Hrs to complete up and down. The total length of the trek is about 6 KMs, 3 KM each side from the Hanuman temple near Kalimuni top.

Day 5: Took the upper route from Munsiyari to Darkot (8 KM) – Madkote (22 KM) – Jaulijibi (66 KM) – Dharchula (96 KM). Stayed at KMVN Rest House at Dharchula. After playing in snow for an hour started for Dharchula at 11.30 AM from Munsiyari and ended at 6.00 PM with an hour break at heritage village of Darkot. There is a waterfall near bangapani which is about 46 KMs from Munsiyari.

Day 6: Crossed the border into Nepal by foot. Dharchula was a bit disappointing as it was more of a market and a big town though besides the Kali river. Since, there wasn’t much nature we dropped our second day booking at Dharchula and went to Chaukori via Askote – Didihat – Thal route. Stayed at Ojaswi Resort. We started at 12.30 PM and ended at 6.30 PM with more than an hour break at Thal. The route with distance was Dharchula – Jaulijibi (30 KM) – Askote (43 KM) – Narain Nagar (50 KM) – Didihat (56 KM) – Thal (83 KM) – Chaukori (109 KM). From Askote you have to take right like a u turn from a place where there is a sign board to pithoragarh. After reaching the Askote village, take a u turn to Narain Nagar – Didihat on your left. Lovely road through jungle all the way to Gauchar, (2 KMs before Thal) on which you can spot many birds too. At Gauchar, if you take right then it goes to Munsiyari and left goes to Thal – Chaukori. Narain Nagar offer amazing views of Nanda Devi.

Day 7: Rest day at Chaukori, went to Patal Bhuvaneshwar which is 38 KMs and celebrated the new year night at Chaukori.

Day 8: Weather turned upside down but had to leave for Delhi, so was a bit disappointing on missing out the snowfall as had few days of buffer 😉 … Took the route Chaukori – Berinag – Sheraghat – Dhaulchinna (77 KM) – Barechinna (91 KM) – Almora – Bhimtal – Kathgodam (197 KM) – Haldwani – Rampur – Moradabad – Delhi (513 KM). We started at 8.30 AM and were at Kathgodam at 4.15 PM almost 8 hrs after the start from Chaukori. Jageshwar Temple diversion is 17 km from Barechinna.

The total drive over the trip was 1535 KM. Over all it was quite a nice family vacation in Uttarakhand and the best part was the little kiddo enjoyed the snow and the snow man. We enjoyed the snow trek and the drive over the lovely, beautiful roads through the jungles 🙂 …

Moradabad – Kashipur via road parallel to Thakurdwara: 2-3 KMs of road in horrible state rest mostly good though single lane. After crossing Moradabad, you take a left to Kashipur and after driving for 3—4 KMs you will see a board saying Nainital on right. Take that right, that road will take you towards Baazpur. Do not go to Baazpur but on that road there will be one crossing after 6-7 KMs, where you need to take a left. That road is narrow and pathetic for 2-3 KMs. However, it will save you from similar mess of 10-12 KMs on each Parallel road running towards Nainital via Baazpur and Kashipur via Thakurdwara respectively. This road will take you to Kashipur from where you follow the route to Ramnagar and then to Jim Corbett – Mohaan. If it is night, it is better to take the route from Haldwani – Rampur, IMO.

Gwaldam – Bageshwar – Chaukori – Thal: Very Good roads mostly but single lane having quite number of curves. Guys with motion sickness take care on this route 😉 … Earlier we planned to take Kapkot – Tejam route to Munsiyari but locals asked us to go via Chaukori route from Bageshwar as for small car Kapkot route was too bad in shape. Mostly High GC vehicles run over that route. However, the Kapkot route is about 30 KMs shorter than the Chaukori route.

Thal – Tejam – Birthi – Kalimuni Top – Munsiyari: The road starts to deteriorate after Thal towards Munsiyari. There are some steep stretches where you need to push the vehicle though not physically ;), some bad stretches where if in small car then you need to be careful. 30-35% of the road is in such state but rest of the road is in good conditions with nothing to worry about. Though we found some hard ice after Kalimuni Top but it was manageable.

Munsiyari – Darkot: Good roads mostly being well tarred.

Darkot – Madkote – Jaulijibi: Mostly bad roads but very scenic drive. I will say 60% of the road is quite bad with about 12-15% very very bad and rest 40% odd road is good and very good in patches. It was one of the most beautiful roads with scenic landscape around to drive in Uttarakhand. Gori Ganga river accompanies you all the way up to Jaulijibi, adds the charm to the drive. There were multiple landslide points, water crossings, creaking wooden bridges 😀 … The Water crossings in summers / rains would surely means trouble due to swollen water levels… If you have been to Kinnaur Valley up to Nako in Himachal Pradesh then you can co-relate the road conditions much to it as it made me remind of those roads & views in Kinnaur only with Sutluj flowing beside 🙂

Jaulijibi – Dharchula: Mostly bad and very bad in shape, broken.

Jaulijibi – Askote – Didihat: Mostly bad in shape with few good patches in between. Jaulijibi is a merging point where road from Munsiyari and Pitthorgarh – Askote meets. We planned to go via Pitthoragarh – Lohaghat earlier but then as Dharchula was not that good we planned to go to Chaukori via Askote – Didihat road and rest there for couple of days.

Didihat – Thal – Chaukori: Mostly good and very good in shape.

Chaukori – Berinag – Sheraghat – Dhaulchinna – Barechinna – Almora: Mostly very good roads with lovely dense forests, totally loved the drive. The road between Golu Devta Temple and Barechinna was in bad shape else like I said mostly very good.

I was carrying Airtel Postpaid, BSNL Postpaid and Vodafone Postpaid was with some friends. Following was the signal status:

All three were working mostly through all the days except Dharchula.

At Dharchula Airtel was having Nepal International Roaming. Vodafone was dead. BSNL was working as local connection.

Only few sections of the roads were there where Airtel and Vodafone was not working. BSNL had the widest coverage among all.

Data Connectivity was almost always available wherever the signals were present though it was mostly 2G and in some towns like Gwaldam even 3G was running :D.

Other Important Updates for Kumaon Trip | Munsiyari – Chaukori

If you are particular about brands in Liquor then it is best that you carry your own as we ended up shocked with even no availability of Old Monk 😉

While in Uttarakhand, buy some packets of buns everyday you start in case you like them. They are quite a good partner for tea on a road side tea shack 🙂

While going to Manila, Maulikhal has an ATM.

On the way to Kausani – Gwaldam from Manila, Dwaraghat has a petrol pump.

While going to Munsiyari, make sure you have filled fuel at Thal as there is no fuel pump after Thal. At times, even at Thal due to shortage in supply they give you only limited fuel.

At Thal, just aside the petrol pump there is a nice restaurant by the name JJ Hotel and Restaurant. The food served was quite nice up there.

Darkot is a heritage village 8 KMs ahead of Munsiyari. You can get yourself the Pasham (Mountain Rabbit) wool Shawls, Cardigans, Caps, crafted by hand as a heritage run by an old lady Prema ji who is the mother of a well known guide of this region named Raju guide. You can reach him at 08958687822. These are in purest form of that woolen and crafted by hands only, so a bit costly but very very warm & pure. The white one is pure while the grey one is a mix and comes a bit cheaper.

You can also get some local herbs from Raju at Darkot Village such as Jambo used to flavour Dal, Thoya much like Kala Jeera, Tehmur like Kali Mirch (in case you need warmth in cold, you can drink a soup having lot of Tehmur in it), Gandraini sticks though bitter in taste but good for constipation.

Munsiyari also sells quite famous local Rajma (Kidney Beans) & potato and you can get some of them for you in case you like them.

The road from Darkot – Madkot – Jaulijibi runs along Gori Ganga river. Also, offers views of Johar Ghati towards Milam which is surrounded by Tibet from one side and Nepal from the other if I am not wrong??

There is petrol pump 5 KMs before Dharchula.

Jauljibi & Dharchula also have ATMs.

Didihat to Thal is a lovely road through forest where you can spot many birds too.

Ahead of Almora while coming from Chaukori, Kakrighat to Khairna is 10 KM. At Kakrighat, you can go inside village on right and sit by the river on the opposite bank from road.

Udupiwala Restaurant at Kathgodam is expensive and service is not that great, quite slow in case it is full

Petrol Pump at Dwaraghat

Prema ji, continuing the old heritage of Darkot Village

Toll Amounts on the Route

First toll after Gajraula: Rs 55

Second Toll towards Moradabad: Rs 45

Third toll: Rs 20

Fourth toll at Moradabad: Rs 15

Fifth toll at Moradabad just after the previous one: Rs 15

I will start sharing the detailed Travel Tale of this Munsiyari – Dharchula – Chaukori trip, the reviews of the properties I stayed and places at which I ate food, very soon. So, stay tuned guys 🙂

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I have been following your blog for quite sometime now. It is the one-stop information kiosk for Kumaon region, particularly for munsiyari trip. We are starting from Roorkee on 27th Feb. Will be there at Ram Nagar by night.

Next day onwards we will begin our trip to Munsiyari through manila- dwarghat-someswar-kausani route and plan to come back by berinath-sheraghat-binsar-almora route

Can you please give me some info abt. these routes

1. Will it be safe (roadwise) to take both these routes in feb last week/march first week this year?

2.It appears the manila- dwarghat-someswar-kausani route is much longer than the binsar -almora route. What will be the tentative difference in hours between these routes?
3. Can we get hotel booking on the spot at these places, particularly kausani, munsiyari etc.
4. Will it be biting cold or normal feb cold we experience in dehradun/haridwar?
5. suppose we start from ram nagar in early morning (6-6.30), will we reach kausani by late afternoon?

Thank you Anindya, it is quite a compliment and glad site is being helpful.

1. Last week of Feb should be fine for the trip.
2. If you measure it from Almora to Munsiyari, it is about 7 hrs of drive while Manila to Munsiyari is about 9 hrs of drive.
3. Mostly, you will get the hotels at these places without much issue.
4. Feb will be cold, nights/early morning will surely be cold. If you are not used to cold, it may feel quite cold.
5. It will take about 6 hrs to reach Kausani if you will go from Dwaraghat route else from Ranikhet around 5 hrs. I am just telling you the drive time only.

Dheeraj Sir it is very good information shared by you. I am going to Munsiyari from Delhi on 3rd July, 2017. But I came to know that the road conditions are not good from That to Munsiyari especially in monsoon. Will you please tell me about the road conditions from Thal to Munsiyari as I am travelling by bike.

Well Vineet, most of the road conditions are fine but yes there are some sections between Thal to Munsiyari that gets some pot holes but nothing like you will not see back in town in some roads and with the bike they can easily be negotiated. You can confirm the conditions at Thal petrol pump where you will tank up the petrol and then decide else make the trip up to Chaukori.

Hi Dheeraj.. How would be Binsar Munsiyari and choukori trip in First week of July? Will it be rainy and cloudy hiding the views? We have 8-9 days in hand..Is valley of flowers with Badrinath a better option to do at this time? Or any other place You can suggest except ladakh spiti and kinnaur…i have already covered them!! Thanks

i am Bhaskar, from Chandannagore, W. Benal, want to visit munsiyari at 20th Dec ’17 . Can i travel this area at this time. i read your post and interested to visit the kumaon. where we found snow in this time? please guide me.

Unless it snows, heavily during those days, yes, you can travel to Munsiyari during last week of December. You will be able to to find snow at Munsiyari in case it has started snowing in hills by that time else in case snow has not started, then in Kumaon you will not see snow.

Hello once again, but on a different forum. 🙂
My cousin wants to cover Almora & Pithoragarh districts backpacking in the month of July (His Semester break). I adviced him against as it shall be Monsoon Season. What do you think??? Can it be done??? He basically wants to cover Munsiyari, Binsar, Chaukhori, Almora, Ranikhet, Kaushani. He & 3 of his friends are planning for a max of 10 days (Excluding days of transit from Delhi).
I have been to these places but in the winters, so no idea of the monsoon season. There is no better than you to help. He being a student shall be on a shoestring budget opting for Public Transportations, KMVN/GMVN Guesthouses & stuff. I can help with Guest Houses, Hotels, Guides & stuff, but not with weather conditions.

First of all thanks a tonne for the detailed post.
We will be traveling from Bageshwar to Munsiyari on 25th of January 2017. We will be staying at KMVN rest house at Munsiyari. Since we have a kid with us, and it is not a trekking trip; can you suggest any places near the rest house where we might find snow for playing with the kid?

I am planning a road trip from Mumbai with 2 friends to Kausani via nanital, ranikhet and almora I dont know much about the region as this is my 1st trip there while reading and exploring came upon your blog and now want to add munsiyari also to the itinerary as it seems we do not want to miss it.
we have around 10 to 11 days for this trip.
we will be starting our travel by 28th or 29th of Jan 2017 from mumbai and want to be back by 6th or 7th Feb 2017.
Can you help me out with the planning and the itinerary and also if its a good time to visit.
we want to be away from the noise and hustle bustle and enjoy the beauty of the mountains and snow.

Can u pls suggest a travel plan to munsyari with 7 days in hand. We (5 Families) are travelling by our own car
1) Best route to munsyari from kashipur/ramnagar
2) break up of journey
3) Where to expect the snow fall as we are planning to go in end of Dec
4) Any other suggestion you wish to provide

1. Well, you can follow two routes, the one I explained above that goes from Manila – Ranikhet/Kausani – Chaukori or go from Almora – Binsar side.
2. You should plan as per below suggestion
3. You should expect snow in Munsiyari especially at Kalamuni Top and towards Thamri Kund trek
4. Do read the article above.

Well, it will come down to an open space somewhere nearby a village or a home in the village with outside lawn. I do not have specific idea about a camping site at Karnprayag but well most of the villages have these farming fields where you can ask for permission or at max pay a tip of Rs 100 or so to the villager to allow you to pitch the tent.

hi Dheeraj,
After reading your blogs, i m now tempted to take a road trip starting 28th of October from Delhi to Munsiyari via Nainital, Binsar and return to delhi via Kausani Ranikhet with a stay at Corbett to cap the trip. Me and my son (20 yrs) are planning to take a self driven car from delhi for this trip. Your suggestions would be highly appreciated.

1. Is taking a self driven car advisable or a taxi with a driver from kathgodam is ideal?
2. where are the breaks we need to take and places to stay.
3. Places we should visit along this route.

I am planning to travel to Munsiyari from 7th October to 11th October.Plan is to leave Delhi on 7th Evening.Please suggest the beat route.I am currently planning through Delhi-Rudrapur-Naramata-Tanakpur-Champawat-Lohaghat-Reetha Sahib-Pithoragarh-Thal-Munsiyari as one the member suggested in the forum.

I am from Hyderabad, I will also be traveling to Munsyari on 7th Oct 2016. How are you traveling? if you are alone, can I tag along, If you are going by your Car, can i tag along? we can share the expenses… If interested you can mail me [email protected]

I will be landing in Delhi by 3:00 PM on 7th Oct and i would like to travel onwards on the same day to either Chaukori, Askote or Munsyari.
I need to be back in Delhi by 15th Night and catch a flight back early 16th morning

I haven’t booked or planned anything yet… just looking for best way to reach there…
I want to be at once place and relax, probably do daily short treks to the nearby villages if any…

Whats the mode of transportation that you suggest or what is the best way to reach one of these places and which place would you suggest.

Thank you
Shravan

PS: I have been following your site since 2011, and it has been a big source of inspiration and information when i was traveling through Himachal and J&K. Thanks a lot for that 🙂

Shravan, thank you for such warm words and been following the DoW for almost last 5 years. Well, you can take the direct bus from Delhi Anand Vihar ISBT to Munsiyari that starts at 4.30 PM and will reach earl morning next day. Then you can spend your days up there and take rides on shared jeeps to come back or may be the same route.

I WILL BE TRAVELLING IN MY CAR FROM KOLKATA STARTING 05.10.2016 .I WANT TO BE BACK IN KOLKATA
BY14/10/2016 NIGHT.I WOULD LIKE TO COVER KAUSANI,MUNSIYARI ,ALMORA AND MUKTESWAR.CAN YOU PLEASE SUGGEST ME AN ITENARY WITH EXCELLENT PLACE OF STAY ( WITH A VIEW) .WILL IT BE TOO CROWDED
DURING THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.I WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU CAN SUGGEST LONELY & PEACEFUL PLACES.
ALSO COULD YOU PLEASE ADVICE ME ON THE CONDITIONS OF ROAD AFTER MONSOON.

Parneet, it should be fine to travel. You may find some snow around Kalamuni top but rest should be good to travel. You can make a night halt at Gwaldam and next at Chaukori and then reach Munsiyari. Spend couple of days and come back the same route visiting Patal Bhuvaneshwar near Chaukori.

Vivek, you can easily make a trip to Munsiyari with i10. There was no such road that existed on that route which cannot be driven by any car. Of course, be careful and cautious at some section and you may ask someone to step down and guide the passage in case of doubt.

We went towards (almost half way) Pitthoragarh route as we were planning to come back from Lohaghat only. Most of the roads were OK and there were construction work going on at few inner roads. Apart from that mostly it was above average and good at many places.

hi dheraj,
wish you are in good health. i along with my wife nandita desired to go to kumaon on 19th June this time we start my journey from tanakpur and wish to visit shyamalatal, munsiary, birthi, kousani, chakouri, binsor and sattal and we havi 12 days excluding journey period. we like lonely placse, please guide us we have car with us.

No one can guarantee what you are looking forward to except weather gods 🙂 .. But, chances are porbably higher when you are planning this trip. How many days you have in hand? mid Jan to Feb is a good time.

Well, in between Corbett and Kausani, you can take the route from Corbett to Manila to Kausani. Gwaldam is an amazing place for breathtaking view of Trishul peak but choose one between Gwaldam or Kausani. The drive is very nice so better not to stay two nights in Ranikhet rather use one of them in Munsiyari.

I want to start from Kathgodam or Haldwani bu bus to cover Ninital, Kausani,choukori,Munsiyari, Patal bhubaneswar then back to kathgodam or any other railway station to go to Delhi. please suggest my tour map.

Came back last week after completing the whole circuit. Thanks a lot for your travelogue for all the help.!

Few things that I would like to mention which you can update here for fellow travelers.

1. Roads are in beautiful condition apart from a couple of places (mentioned below). Just loved driving on them.
a. Thal to Munsiyari road repair work is in progress and is broken at many places.
b. Road to Patal Bhuvaneshwar is in really bad shape after Berinag. The expansion work is going on over a 10-12 kms stretch which might stretch to next 7-8 months.
2. Petrol pumps
a. Thal now has 2 petrol pumps.
b. There is one in Munsiyari also though it is on opposite side of Madkot road which goes towards Nanda Devi temple
c. One more is there on way to Patal Bhuvaneshwar just before entering Berinag.
3. The restaurant at Thal has got its name changed to Rituraj Restaurant. The food served was still good. 🙂

hi dheeraj, i just went to naggar and near by villages. many thanks to your detailed travelogues. Will write a detailed tale about it in the forum soon. However, i am planning for nanital and near by places with family in a day or two. the trip will be for two or three days.i wanted to ask that can munsiyari be covered in two days. Also, i will be starting from lucknow. My main thing is to cover munsiyari. i have thought of starting early and reach nanital and stay overnight and next day start early for munsiyari, reach there and next day start early morning for home. Please any advice on the itinerary. if i am not able to complete munsiyari, then can u suggest any places near by nanital for snowfall.please reply soon as will leave in a day or two.Thanks again for igniting the long lost love for travelling.

Parul since you have just 7days in hand there is no point running around the places. I will suggest make a trip to Munsiyari when you have time on hand or else skip Jim Corbett. Below is what I will suggest with Jim Corbett

Just read through your travelogue and it is very detailed and covers almost everything that one needs to know. I am planning a trip to the Kumaon region from 22.12 to 02.01. I will be travelling from Hyderabad by car along with my family.

We want to cover Nainital, Kausani, Chaukori and Munsiyari (any other places that you suggest).
Planning to reach Nainital by 23rd night and need to reach Agra on 31st Dec.

Can you please suggest an itinerary from 24th to 30th Dec. The aim of the trip is to enjoy the natural beauty of Kumaon region along with the views of the Himalayas and have some fun in snow.
Not too interested in visiting temples this time. But if something is on the way then definitely yes.

Please also suggest places to stay in these places since we have never been to UK.
We would like to stay away from the crowded places. What would be the temperature like during that time so that we can be prepared accordingly ?

Lastly, is it possible to reach Agra from Munsiyari on 31st Dec with an early morning start (say around 7 am) ?

In that case you can drop Patal Bhuvanshwar and head to Munsiyari only to spend time up there. Instead of Kausani, you can go over to Gwaldam and stay overnight. Beautiful place to get more closer view of Trishul

Hi Deeraj,
Please can you suggest me the best road route from Delhi to Munsiyari for May-15 3rd week.
1. Delhi -Kashipur-ranikhet-Munsiyari
2. Delhi-Rampur-Almora-Munsiyari
3. Delhi-Rampur-Champawat-Pithoraghar-Munsiyari
Please keep in mind about the road condition as well as scenic beauty on the way.
Thanks
Rajeev Goel

Hello Dheeraj,
kindly help me out chalking a plan for a road-trip to Munsiyari from Delhi. Have already been to Ranikhet, Almora, Binsar and Jageshwar. Our probable time of visit is last ten days of May. Will be driving SX4.

Thank U Dheeraj for your prompt reply…as always.
Your mention of “sufficient days” has made us bit greedy. Need your opinion if we can include Chopta as well.
We plan to visit Chopta first and then move towards Munsiyari. On our return journey
we plan to stay in Sattal and then proceed to Delhi.
If you suggest we can add 2-3 days to make the trip more relaxing.
Pl. suggest places to stay (Budget hotels) and how to pace our trip.
Thanx once again.

Within 10 days I want to cover Mukteshwar, Kausani, Chaukori, Munshiyari, Dharchula and Nainital if possible. We plan to hire a taxi from Kathgodam on a Thursday in May and come back to Kathgodam by next to next Saturday. Can anyone suggest the best itirenary

Day 1: Kathgodam – Mukteshwar
Day 2: Mukteshwar – Chaukori
Day 3: Chaukori rest day, a visit to Patal Bhuvaneshwar
Day 4: Chaukori – Munsiyari
Day 5: Munsiyari rest day and around Munsiyari. May be a hike to Thamri Kund
Day 6: Munsiyari – Chaukori – Kausani
Day 7: Kausani rest day
Day 8: Kausani – Binsar
Day 9: Binsar – Nainital
Day 10: Leave back home

Hello bro, first of all kudos to you for writing wonderful travelogues which are very easily understood. After going through your “munsyari-dharchula” travelogue, I also want to go to kumaon side of UK. It ll b a family trip of 5 adults and one 3yr old kid in my own car with at least 7 days in hand. Kindly suggest an itinerary for the same. I have tried to make one, kindly see and advice accordingly.
D1- Delhi-Ranikhet
D2- Chaukori
D3,4- Munsyari
D5- Almora, with a visit to patal bhuvneshwar on the way to almora
D6- Almora-Delhi
Thanks in advance
Regards,
Dr Darvesh

Musiyari to Almora can be done only alone not with a visit to Patal Bhuvaneshwar as it will add more drive time as well as visit time. Since you have 7 days, you can break it up from Munsiyari to Patal Bhuvaneshwar.

Next day drive through Shreaghat to Almora from Patal Bhuvaneshwar, in fact better go to Mukteshwar instead of Almora and stay up there. Final day, go over to Delhi from Mukteshwar. So, it will look like:

Thank you boss for your kind suggestion. We ll b going towards march end. Will there be rush at that time ? If possible, can you suggest some good staying options, family-types, according to the itinerary you have made. Thanks a ton in advance

Mostly KMVN are good at all these places. At Chaukori, you can check Ojaswi just aside KMVN, very nice. We stayed there this time and loved it in entirety. Munsiyari – KMVN, Patal Bhuwaneshwar – one falls on the route to it, some 7-8 KMs before it offering nice views, I forgot the name. Do not book KMVN there. Mukteshwar – Oak Chalet is nice, but you need to walk down a bit for it. I stayed there with family and loved it.

Hello bro once again. Actually I m very confused regarding choosing the places to visit and stay in Kumaon region. As we are having quite a no. of days i.e. 7 in total, I m not being able to finalize the itinerary. We, groups of 3-4 families, will be starting from delhi and the final and only confirmed destination is Munsyari. Rest of the places will revolve around it. Plz make an itinerary for us for making the journey unforgettable.
Thanks bro
drdb

Glad that you liked the info on Munsiyari and rest of the Kumaon explained in this article. Anytime you visit and have any queries for visiting this beautiful part of Himalayas then please let me know and I would be aable to help in whatever info. I know 🙂

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